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William M. Reilly Memorial

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

General Casimir Pulaski, 1942, undated

 File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The Sculpture and Fountain Collection documents the public sculptures and fountains of the Fairmount Park System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains photographs and visual materials depicting individual sculptures and fountains, ranging from nineteenth century works to contemporary installations. Series 2 contains administrative and historical records for individual sculptures and fountains, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, architectural drawings, clippings,...
Dates: 1942; undated

General Friedrich von Steuben, 1942, 1962

 File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The Sculpture and Fountain Collection documents the public sculptures and fountains of the Fairmount Park System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains photographs and visual materials depicting individual sculptures and fountains, ranging from nineteenth century works to contemporary installations. Series 2 contains administrative and historical records for individual sculptures and fountains, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, architectural drawings, clippings,...
Dates: 1942; 1962

General Nathaniel Greene, 1957

 File — Drawer 7.1
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The Sculpture and Fountain Collection documents the public sculptures and fountains of the Fairmount Park System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains photographs and visual materials depicting individual sculptures and fountains, ranging from nineteenth century works to contemporary installations. Series 2 contains administrative and historical records for individual sculptures and fountains, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, architectural drawings, clippings,...
Dates: 1957

General Richard Montgomery, 1942

 File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The Sculpture and Fountain Collection documents the public sculptures and fountains of the Fairmount Park System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains photographs and visual materials depicting individual sculptures and fountains, ranging from nineteenth century works to contemporary installations. Series 2 contains administrative and historical records for individual sculptures and fountains, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, architectural drawings, clippings,...
Dates: 1942

John Paul Jones, 1959

 File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The Sculpture and Fountain Collection documents the public sculptures and fountains of the Fairmount Park System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains photographs and visual materials depicting individual sculptures and fountains, ranging from nineteenth century works to contemporary installations. Series 2 contains administrative and historical records for individual sculptures and fountains, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, architectural drawings, clippings,...
Dates: 1959

Marquis de Lafayette, 1942-1957

 File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The Sculpture and Fountain Collection documents the public sculptures and fountains of the Fairmount Park System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains photographs and visual materials depicting individual sculptures and fountains, ranging from nineteenth century works to contemporary installations. Series 2 contains administrative and historical records for individual sculptures and fountains, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, architectural drawings, clippings,...
Dates: 1942-1957

William M. Reilly Memorial, 1938-2017

 File — Drawer 7.3
Scope and Contents Records documenting the establishment of the Reilly Trust for the erection of statues of Revolutionary War generals on the western approach to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, including an excerpt from William M. Reilly's will, a 1939 letter from Charles J. Biddle reporting his recommendation as Amicus Curiae in Orphan's Court regarding the statues' placement, and correspondence from Trustee Robert Sturgis Ingersoll and G.G. Haupt of the Art Jury regarding approval of scale models of the...
Dates: 1938-2017